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    Africa

    This scholarship was set up in 2007 to help teachers or teacher trainers from Africancountries to attend the IATEFL Annual Conference for the first time and to have the

    opportunity to be published in IATEFL publications. It is not necessary to be anIATEFL member to apply nor is it necessary to give a presentation.

    The award consists of:

    conference booking GBP1,800 towards accommodation, expenses and travel costs a year's IATEFL membership

    To qualify you must:

    be a native of and usually resident in an African country be a practising teacher or trainer in primary, secondary or tertiary education agree to write a 500 word report of your conference experiences by June

    2013

    To be considered you should submit:

    a statement between 400 and 500 words on how attending the IATEFLconference would benefit you and the ELT community within which you work.

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    BESIG Facilitators Scholarship

    This scholarship is for a teacher to attend the IATEFL Conference for the first timeand to give a presentation on the BESIG Day.

    This scholarship will be awarded to someone who is also interested in starting upand facilitating local Business English events in his or her home area andcontributing to BESIG through articles for Business Issues or web-basedcommunication tools.

    The award consists of:

    booking for the conference booking for the BESIG pre-conference event up to GBP1800 for travel and accommodation expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be a member of IATEFL and Business English SIG be able to give a presentation on an aspect of teaching Business English for

    the Business English Programme Day at the main IATEFL Conference give a brief summary of your work at the BESIG Open Forum on the BESIG

    Programme Day undertake to promote BESIG in your area as well as to organise and report on

    business English events have good ICT skills and a sound knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies

    To be considered for the scholarship you should submit:

    an online speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23rd AUGUST andno later on an aspect of teaching Business English for the BE SIG Day

    a 400-500 word summary outlining your plans for facilitating business Englishin your area

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    Cactus to Conference

    This scholarship is funded by Cactus Worldwide and is intended to enable a teachernew to ELT to enjoy the experiences of attending an IATEFL annual conference andbeing an IATEFL member. The scholarship also gives you the opportunity to bepublished on the Cactus website and in IATEFL publications

    The award consists of:

    conference booking GBP400 towards accommodation and travel costs a year's IATEFL membership

    To qualify you must:

    be a newly qualified teacher with between one and three years' experience inthe ELT profession

    agree to write an article (approx. 400 words) following the conference on yourexperience of conference plus two further articles of similar length at 6 and 12months after conference about how winning has affected your practice.

    To be considered, you should submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of August 23rd and no later, ifyou are submitting one*

    an outline between 400 and 500 words of your best lesson so far and why youthink it went well

    *Please note: it is not a requirement of this scholarship to give a presentation at theIATEFL conference. However, part of the full conference experience is giving apresentation. So if you're a member of IATEFL, you may wish to submit a speakerproposal atwww.iatefl.org/liverpool-2013/liverpool-2013

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    Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in English for

    Academic Purposes

    This scholarship gives the opportunity for any teacher involved with teaching Englishfor Academic Purposes to attend the IATEFL annual conference Liverpool 2013.This scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

    The award consists of:

    Booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice Booking for the main conference a year's IATEFL membership a maximum of five nights' accommodation travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK* GBP50.00 per day expenses

    * This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not

    cover the cost of stopovers.

    To qualify you must:

    teach English for Academic Purposes have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

    To be considered for the scholarship you must:

    complete the following task in 400-500 words

    Drawing on your own experience, identify what you feel are the most important skillsrequired for reading academic texts, and describe the ways in which you help your

    students develop them.

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    Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in Language

    Assessment

    This scholarship, funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, givesthe opportunity for anyone with an interest in Language Assessment to attend theIATEFL annual conference Liverpool 2013.

    The award consists of:

    booking for the Testing Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group(TEA SIG) pre-conference event

    booking for the main conference a year's IATEFL membership a maximum of five nights' accommodation travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK* GBP50.00 per day expenses

    * This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not

    cover the costs of stopovers.

    To qualify you must:

    work in the fields of English language teaching or language assessment or be a post-graduate student focussing on teaching / assessment issues have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

    To be considered for the scholarship you must:

    complete the following 400-500 word task:

    Action research is a 'research-based form of professional development to enhancepedagogical practice' which has become popular in the last twenty years (Burns,2012). Read Cambridge ESOL's Research Notes 48http://research.cambridgeesol.org/research-notes/issue-48-may-2012then write ashort essay (400-500 words) describing how you would employ action research inyour own context.

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    Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in State Education

    This scholarship gives the opportunity for any teacher involved in state education toattend the IATEFL annual conference in Liverpool 2013.

    The scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

    The award consists of:

    booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice booking for the main conference a year's IATEFL membership a maximum of five nights' accommodation travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK* GBP50.00 per day expenses

    * This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not

    cover the costs of stopovers.

    To qualify you must:

    be involved, formally or informally, in state education or be interested inmoving into this area of work

    have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

    To be considered, you must:

    Complete the following task of between 400 and 500 words:

    Describe a classroom activity you have created to help prepare your students for aCambridge English for Schools exam (YLE, Key for Schools, Preliminary for Schools

    or First for Schools), explaining how the activity both helps the students prepare forthe exam and improves their language skills.

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    Cambridge ESOL Best Practice in Teacher TrainingThis scholarship provides an opportunity for a teacher trainer involved with theformal or informal training and development of teachers to attend IATEFL Liverpool2013.This scholarship is funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

    The award consists of:

    booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice booking for the main conference a year's IATEFL membership a maximum of five nights' accommodation travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK* GBP50.00 per day expenses

    * This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will not

    cover the cost of stopovers.

    To qualify you must:

    be a teacher trainer involved, informally or formally, with the training anddevelopment of teachers.

    have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

    To be considered, you must:

    complete the following task:

    Cambridge English Teacher is a professional development site for English languageteachers. Write 500 words explaining Continuous Professional Development to anew teacher, including some practical suggestions of what they can do at different

    stages of their career.

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    Cambridge ESOL Dr Peter Hargreaves Scholarship

    This scholarship is in memory of Dr Peter Hargreaves. The scholarship is open toany ELT professional or aspiring ELT professional and gives the opportunity toattend the IATEFL Liverpool 2013 Conference. The scholarship is funded by theUniversity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

    The award consists of:

    booking for a pre-conference event of the winner's choice booking for the main conference a year's IATEFL membership a maximum of five nights' accommodation

    travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK* GBP50 per day expenses

    *This includes the cost of flights and airport transfers. Cambridge ESOL will notcover the costs of stopovers.

    To qualify you must:

    work in the fields of English language teaching or language assessment or be a post-graduate student focusing on teaching/assessment issues have never attended the main IATEFL annual conference

    To be considered for this scholarship you must:

    complete the following task:

    Cambridge English Teacher is a professional development site for English languageteachers. Continuous professional development is an important part of a teachingcareer. Write a short essay of 500 words outlining some of the professionaldevelopment activities that you have done and how these have helped you with yourteaching.

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    Consultants-E online

    This scholarship is for teachers unable to attend our annual conference in person but

    who participate actively in the online conference moodle by making relevant andthoughtful postings. You do not have to be a member of IATEFL to apply for thisscholarship.

    This scholarship has been funded by Consultants-E.

    The award consists of:

    a fully-funded two-week online course to be selected from the course list athttp://www.theconsultants-e.com covering Blogs, Wikis, eNetworks orPodcasting.

    To qualify you must:

    live and work in a developing country have 5-6 hours per week available to study for the duration of the course have a reliable Internet connection for the duration of the course be able to undertake the course within one year of winning the award have not attended the main IATEFL conference but who participated actively

    in the online conference moodle

    To be considered you should:

    Provide a statement of interest, between 200 and 300 words, stating how youwill share your course learning experiences with your colleagues in your owncountry.

    submit a scholarship form, available fromhttp://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/scholarships.asp

    Deadlines:

    Please submit the above tohttp://www.theconsultants-e.com/scholarships/default.aspxwithin two weeks of the main IATEFL conferencei.e. by 26th April 2013. Applicants contributions to the conference Moodle as well astheir statements of interest will be taken in to account.

    The award results will be communicated to you by 17th May 2013 and you will beinvited to select your 2 week course.

    The winner will be announced in IATEFL Voices and featured in the ConferenceProgramme the following year.

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    IATEFL Gillian Porter Ladousse

    A conference scholarship for a teacher trainer and/or trainee.

    This conference scholarship was set up by the Trainers and Educators SIG (TTEdSIG) in 1999. The driving force behind the Conference Fund was Gillian PorterLadousse who was Co-ordinator of the SIG at the time. The fund was set up toenable a teacher trainer and/or a trainee, who would not normally be able to do so,to attend the annual IATEFL main conference.

    The fund was named the Gillian Porter Ladousse Scholarship after Gillian's death in2002.

    One or two scholarships are usually awarded each year, one to a trainer and/or oneto a trainee. In the case of two scholarships being awarded, priority will be given to atrainer and trainee who work together, but all other applications will be carefullyconsidered on merit.

    The award consists of:

    a conference booking GBP1000 towards conference related expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be a current individual member of IATEFL submit a speaker proposal for a talk or workshop about teacher training or

    education by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST be a newcomer with between three and ten years' experience in ELT agree to write up your experience for the TTEd SIG newsletter agree to write an article for the TTEd SIG newsletter on how attending the

    conference affected your programme of work in your local context.

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a statement of between 400 and 500 words on how attending the conferencewould benefit you, with specific reference to trainer/trainee programmescarried out and/or planned in your local context.

    a speaker proposal for a talk or workshop about teacher training oreducation by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST

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    IATEFL Gill Sturtridge First-Time Speaker

    A conference scholarship for a first time presenter.

    This scholarship is awarded from the donations given by the family and friends of GillSturtridge. The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage members of IATEFL togive their first talk at an IATEFL Annual Conference.

    The award consists of:

    a conference booking GBP1000 towards conference related expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be a current IATEFL individual member who has not previously presented atthe IATEFL Annual Conference

    be a newcomer with between three and ten years' experience in ELT.

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words on why you are applying for the

    scholarship.

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    IATEFL Leadership and Management SIG

    This scholarship is for a person in an ELT leadership/management role, such asDirector of Studies, Academic Manager, Summer School Organiser or similar, toattend the main IATEFL Conference

    This scholarship is funded by the IATEFL Leadership and Management SpecialInterest Group (LAMSIG) with the aim of assisting managers not otherwise funded toattend conference because learning organisations need learning managers. You donot need to be a member of IATEFL to apply.

    The award consists of:

    conference booking LAMSIG pre-conference event booking GBP800 towards accommodation and travel costs a year's IATEFL membership a year's LAMSIG membership

    To qualify you must:

    be a practising ELT manager

    submit by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and no later, a speakerproposal for a talk or workshop at the conference on ELT leadership /management

    agree to write a brief article of 500 to 1000 words to be considered forpublication in the LAMSIG newsletter post-conference on your conferencepresentation topic

    agree to write a further article of similar length 12 months after conferencewhich may be on the most exciting recent development in management, abook you have read, or how you followed up on your conference experience.

    To be considered you must submit:

    an outline of between 400 and 500 words describing what you find mostchallenging about ELT management.

    by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and no later, a speakerproposal for a talk or workshop at the conference on ELT leadership /management

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    IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG Diana Eastment

    This scholarship commemorates the founder of MUESLI (Micro Users In English asa Second Language Institutions) which became known as the CALL SIG (SpecialInterest Group) and now is the LT (Learning Technologies) SIG. It is supported byLTSIG funds and donations from Diana's friends and colleagues.

    You do not have to be a member of IATEFL to apply. The award is open to all andthe winner will be expected to become actively involved in the LTSIG. Priority will begiven to applicants from the IATEFL Wider Membership Scheme countries. Futurechanges to the terms of the award may be made by agreement between the LTSIGand the Scholarship Working Party.

    The award consists of:

    conference booking LTSIG pre-conference event booking a year's IATEFL membership a year's LTSIG membership GBP500 to help with conference related travel and accommodation

    To qualify you must:

    submit a speaker proposal, related to learning technologies, to present atconference, by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater. Without a submitted speaker proposal, the scholarship will be invalid.

    agree to write up your presentation for possible publication in the LT SIGnewsletter

    be willing to become actively involved in the LT SIG.

    To be considered you must submit:

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words on your LT background /

    experience and proposed involvement in the LT SIG. a speaker proposal, related to learning technologies, to present at conference

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    IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG Travel

    A travel fund to assist Learning Technologies SIG members in attending theconference.

    All LT SIG members are eligible to apply, although priority will be given to WMScountry members. Candidates should be presenting for the LT SIG at the conferenceand be willing to write up their presentation for the SIG's newsletter.

    The award consists of:

    a conference booking a LTSIG pre-conference event booking GBP500 to help with conference-related expenses one years IATEFL and LTSIG individual membership

    To qualify you must:

    be a member of IATEFL and be a member of the LT SIG submit a speaker proposal related to learning technologies by the scholarship

    deadline of 23RD AUGUST and no later. Without a submitted speakerproposal, the scholarship application will be invalid.

    agree to write up your presentation after conference for possible publicationin the LT SIG newsletter

    To be considered you must submit:

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words on how attending the conferencewill benefit you and your ESL/EFL community.

    a speaker proposal related to learning technologies

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    IATEFL Ray Tongue

    A conference scholarship for teachers from East and South East Asia.

    This scholarship was set up in memory of our late Treasurer, with the purpose ofhelping IATEFL members in the countries he was associated with (see below) toattend the IATEFL Annual Conference and give a presentation or lead a workshop.Initially, donations came from the many generous people who knew our treasurer.These days many IATEFL members and delegates make regular donations to thefund because they support its aims.

    The award consists of:

    a booking for a pre-conference event of the winners choice a conference booking GBP1000 towards conference-related expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be a current IATEFL individual member be a native of Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka or

    Thailand agree to submit by June 2013 a 250 word article on your impressions of the

    conference for publication in IATEFL Voices

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater. Please note that without a submitted speaker proposal thescholarship application will be invalid.

    a 400-500 word explanation on how attending the conference would benefityou with specific reference to relevant work, study or research planned and/orcarried out.

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    IATEFL Teacher Development SIG ArticulatingDevelopment

    This scholarship is for a teacher to attend the IATEFL Conference for the first timeand to have the opportunity to be published in the Teacher Development SIGNewsletter.

    This scholarship, funded by the IATEFL Teacher Development Special InterestGroup, is for a teacher to attend the main IATEFL Conference for the first time and tohave the opportunity to be published in the Teacher Development SIG Newsletter. Itwill be awarded to someone who is interested in exploring their own development

    and writing about it so that others can share their insights.

    The award consists of:

    A conference booking GBP500 for conference-related expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be a member of the TD SIG be questioning about your teaching and willing to learn be good at articulating your thoughts and arranging them in written form and

    able to meet deadlines agree, if you win the scholarship, to write three short articles after the

    conference for possible publication in the TD SIG newsletter, recording yourdevelopment as a teacher in the year following the conference. You areasked to focus on how your experiences at the conference have furtheredyour development

    have not previously attended an IATEFL annual conference

    To be considered you must submit:

    an article of between 400 and 500 words on the developmental high points sofar in your career (this article also may be published in the TD SIGNewsletter).

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    IATEFL W R LeeConference scholarship for teachers from Central and Eastern Europe

    The WR Lee Scholarship Fund was set up in memory of our late Founder Chair withthe purpose of helping IATEFL members in the countries concerned (see below) toattend the IATEFL Annual Conference and give a presentation. Initially, donationscame from the many generous people who knew our founder. These days manyIATEFL members and delegates make regular donations to the fund because theysupport its aims. One scholarship is usually awarded each year.

    The award consists of:

    a pre-conference booking of the winnerschoice booking for the conference GBP1000 towards accommodation and travel costs

    To qualify the applicants must:

    be natives of the following countries; Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria,Romania, Poland or Hungary

    be a fully paid up individual member of IATEFL

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater. Without a submitted speaker proposal, the scholarship application willbe invalid.

    a statement of between 400 and 500 words on how attending the conferencewould benefit you with specific reference to relevant work, study, or researchplanned and/or carried out.

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    IELTS Morgan Terry Memorial

    This new scholarship, funded by the IELTS partners (British Council, IDP: IELTSAustralia, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations), is in memory of MorganTerry, a dear colleague who made significant contributions to the work of IELTS untilher untimely death in 2011.

    The award consists of:

    - booking for the TEA SIG's Pre-Conference Event- booking for the main conference

    - a year's IATEFL membership- a maximum of five nights' accommodation- travel costs including, if necessary, an economy flight to the UK*- GBP 50.00 per day expenses

    * this includes cost of flights and airport transfers but not the cost of stopovers

    To qualify you must- have prepared learners for taking IELTS- have never attended the IATEFL annual conference- agree to write an article six months after the conference about how attendance at

    the conference has enriched your practice.

    To be considered you must submit in 400-500 words :- educational material you have created (e.g. lesson plan, classroom activity) andused to prepare prospective IELTS candidates for taking the testand detail:- the creation process behind the material- the reason(s) why the material is innovative- how the material may be used by other teachers.

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    International House Brita Haycraft Better SpokenEnglish

    This new scholarship is funded by International House in honour of their co-founderBrita Haycraft who did so much to promote the teaching of better spoken Englishwithin the International House family of schools and in the wider ELT community.

    The aim of the scholarship is to encourage the working with all aspects ofpronunciation teaching, not just single sounds, as an integrated and integral part ofgeneral English lessons.

    The award consists of:

    Booking for the Pronunciation SIG pre conference event Booking for the main IATEFL conference GBP1500.00 for conference related expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be a member of IATEFL and of Pronunciation SIG be a teacher who regularly incorporates pronunciation work into your teaching

    To be considered you should:

    Submit an account of between 400 and 500 words on the most successfulpronunciation teaching experience you have had including a rationale of whythis experience was successful. Accounts should feature either methodology(classroom techniques and activities), or small scale research, or an attemptto evaluate the impact of your pronunciation teaching. In all cases the focusshould be on your students achieving better spoken English through a focuson pronunciation.

    Submit a speaker proposal.

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    International House Global Reach

    For people resident and native of distant countries, who are practising teachers.

    The aim of this scholarship, funded by International House, is to enable teachersliving beyond the 'cheap flights' area of the world to attend the IATEFL annualconference in the UK.

    The award consists of:

    conference booking GBP1500 towards long haul travel expenses a year's IATEFL membership

    To qualify you must:

    be a practising teacher in tertiary, primary or secondary education, state orprivate sector

    live beyond the 'cheap flights' area of the world have not attended an IATEFL annual conference before agree, if you win the scholarship, to submit a report by June 2013 for possible

    publication in International House Journal on your experiences and theirusefulness for your local teaching context.

    To be considered you must submit:

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words on how you would share yourlearning experiences at conference with colleagues in your own country.

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    International House John Haycraft ClassroomExploration

    This scholarship has an early deadline in order to enable the winners to set up

    research projects for the next academic year. The next deadline will be in June 2013for scholarships for Harrogate.

    In 2006 Jane Willis and Corony Edwards won a British Council ELT Innovationaward for their book Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching anddonated their award to finance a scholarship to the IATEFL Exeter Conference in2008. The interest in and quality of applications for this scholarship indicated that itshould be offered annually.

    International House kindly stepped in to 'adopt' this scholarship and there will now betwo scholarships awarded annually. The scholarship is named in memory of the

    founder of International House, John Haycraft.

    The aim of the scholarship is to encourage teachers to embark on or to continuesmall-scale classroom exploration projects to shed light on learner/learner,learner/teacher aspects of the classroom language learning experience.

    The award consists of:

    a conference booking GBP1500 towards travel expenses a year's IATEFL membership booking for the Research Special Interest Group (RES SIG) pre-conference

    event

    To be considered, you must meet the following criteria:

    you must submit a research outline with its rationale ( 400-500 words). Youcan enter a project already underway or planned for the academic year 12/13.

    a progress report or a final report on the work will be presented at IATEFLLiverpool 2013. You must submit a speaker proposal by the deadline of 13thSeptember. Without a submitted speaker proposal, the scholarship will be

    invalid and the award will be given to an alternative applicant.

    A panel will select the winner(s) by late July so that they have time to plan theirresearch over the coming academic year.

    Selection Criteria

    1. The project should be small-scale and classroom based2. The research topic should be suitable for its social and educational context3. Its objectives should be clearly defined and achievable4. The procedures used for data collection and analysis should be clear

    5. The work should be original/innovative in some way6. The process and/or outcomes should be useful to other teachers/trainers

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    International House Training and DevelopmentThis aim of this scholarship, funded by International House, is to enable a teachertrainer/developer working in either private or state sector education to present his/herwork to a wider audience by giving a presentation at the IATEFL annual conference.The trainer/developer should also be in a position to disseminate knowledge andskills from the conference back to the local workplace. You do not have to be amember of IATEFL to apply for this scholarship.

    The award consists of:

    a conference booking GBP1500 towards travel expenses a year's IATEFL membership

    To qualify you must:

    be a teacher trainer/developer working in either private or state sectoreducation and be in a position to disseminate knowledge and skills from theconference back to the local workplace

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline and no later. Without asubmitted speaker proposal, the scholarship application will be invalid.

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words on how you will share yourconference learning experiences with colleagues in your country.

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    OISE Young Learners

    This scholarship is funded by OISE to enable a practising teacher of young learnersto lead a workshop at the IATEFL annual conference for the first time. It is notnecessary to be a member of IATEFL to apply.

    The award consists of:

    a conference booking GBP580 towards accommodation and travel costs a year's membership of IATEFL

    To qualify you must:

    be a practising teacher of young learners (18 years or younger) be a first time speaker at the main IATEFL conference

    To be considered you must submit:

    summary of between 400 and 500 words on how you have incorporated ahigh level of challenge for your students in your teaching and how you havehelped your students go beyond their expectations of themselves.

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater. Without a submitted speaker proposal, the scholarship application willbe invalid.

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    Onestopenglish Creativity in the Classroom

    This scholarship is intended to enable a teacher committed to encouraging andfacilitating creativity in the classroom to attend the IATEFL Liverpool Conference2013, to become an IATEFL member and to join the onestopenglish community.

    This new scholarship is funded by onestopenglishand is open to teachers of anylevel of experience, working in any area of English language teaching. Its aim isto reward the implementation of new and inventive ways of engaging students in theclassroom by giving a teacher the opportunity to attend the IATEFL conference forthe first time and to inspire other teachers through the publication of an article on theonestopenglish site.

    It is not necessary to be an IATEFL member to apply, nor is it necessary to give apresentation at the conference.

    The award consists of:

    GBP800 towards travel and accommodation costs a main conference booking a PCE booking of your choice a year's IATEFL membership a year's onestopenglish membership (or, for existing members of

    onestopenglish, a 12 month extension to your subscription)

    To qualify you must:

    be an EFL teacher actively working in a classroom situation commit to writing an article (or about 1,000 words) on your experience of

    the conference, to be published on onestopenglish

    To be considered you should apply online, including:

    a 400-500 word article telling us about how you encourage and facilitatecreativity in the classroom and advising other teachers on how they can do it,

    too. You can include examples of teaching materials and/or students' work todemonstrate your skills.

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    Pilgrims Humanising Language Teaching

    This scholarship is funded by Pilgrims to enable a practising teacher in any teachingsituation to attend the IATEFL main annual conference for the first time, to give apresentation or workshop, and to have the opportunity to be published inwww.hltmag.co.ukand in IATEFL Voices.

    The award consists of:

    a conference booking GBP580 towards accommodation and travel costs a year's membership of IATEFL

    To qualify you must:

    be a practising teacher who has recently explored a person centred approachor approaches in English language teaching

    be a first time speaker at the main IATEFL Conference if you win the scholarship, agree to write a 500-600 word article by September

    2013 for possible publication inwww.hltmag.co.ukon how you haveincorporated a person-centred approach into your teaching.

    To be considered, you should submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater. Without a submitted speaker proposal, the scholarship application isinvalid.

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words on how you have incorporated aperson-centred approach into your teaching so far.

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    Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Journal

    This scholarship is funded by Pilgrims to enable a practising teacher or teachertrainer to lead a workshop at the IATEFL annual conference and to have theopportunity to be published in the Teacher Trainer Journal and in IATEFLpublications. It is not necessary to be a member of IATEFL to apply.

    The award consists of:

    conference booking GBP580 towards accommodation and travel costs

    a year's membership of IATEFL

    To qualify you must:

    be a practising teacher or teacher trainer who can deliver a highly effectiveand inspirational training session

    agree, if you win, to write a 500-600 word article by September 2013 forpossible publication in Teacher Trainer Journal, reflecting on your trainingsession

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater. Without a submitted speaker proposal, the scholarship will be invalid.

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words on how you have planned yourtraining workshop so far.

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    Trinity College London Language Examinations

    The aim of this scholarship, funded by Trinity College London, is to enable an ELTprofessional working in the field of examinations development to present their workto a wider audience by giving a presentation suitable for inclusion in the Testing,Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group programme at the IATEFLannual conference. You do not need to be a member of IATEFL to apply for thisscholarship.

    The award consists of:

    booking for the TEA SIG pre-conference event conference booking a year's IATEFL membership GBP1000 towards conference related expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be an ELT professional working in the field of examinations development

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a speaker proposal, suitable for inclusion in the Testing, Evaluation andAssessment Special Interest Group Day, by the scholarship deadline of 23RDAUGUST and no later. Without a submitted speaker proposal, thescholarship will be invalid

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words explaining what in your approachis particularly innovative or relevant to teachers of English in a specific region,or to a wide range of teachers in the 21st Century, and why it will be ofinterest to an IATEFL audience.

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    Trinity College London Teacher Trainer

    The aim of this scholarship, funded by Trinity College London, is to enable a trainerworking in the field of teacher qualifying courses with assessed assignments and/orteaching practice to present his/her work to a wider audience by giving apresentation at the IATEFL annual conference.

    You do not need to be a member of IATEFL to apply for this scholarship.

    The award consists of:

    conference booking a booking for the TTEd SIG pre-conference event a year's IATEFL membership GBP1000 towards conference related expenses

    To qualify you must:

    be a trainer working in the field of teacher qualifying courses with assessedassignments and/or teaching practice.

    To be considered, you must submit:

    a speaker proposal by the scholarship deadline of 23RD AUGUST and nolater. Without a submitted speaker proposal, the scholarship application willbe invalid.

    a summary of between 400 and 500 words explaining what in your approachis particularly innovative or relevant to teachers of English in a specific region,or to a wide range of teachers in the 21st Century.